[Map of the great Venango oil basin]

[Map of the great Venango oil basin]

Item Information

Title:
[Map of the great Venango oil basin]
Description:
Although West Virginia is the second state in the country for coal production, crude oil has also been drilled for since the mid-19th century. This late 19th-century hand-drawn map illustrates Pennsylvania's Venango County oil basin, and shows locations of wells throughout three counties in the northwestern part of the state.
Date:
[1880?–1889?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Venango (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript
Places:
Venango (county) > Venango
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; on sheet 34 x 45 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/w9505s28b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:95,200.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title provided by cataloger.
Shows the basin spanning the towns of Venango, Warren and Crawford.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the World Below" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2017-2018.
Identifier:
06_01_006118
Call #:
G3824.V356 1880 .M3x
Barcode:
39999059020493